David Filner assumed the administrative leadership of the San Antonio Symphony in November, 2012. Led by Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing, the San Antonio Symphony is celebrating its 73rd year this season.

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The San Antonio Symphony’s 73rd season ended with a bang this weekend with Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 (including some very nicely coordinated “banging” at the end of the piece on two sets of timpani drums by Principal Timpanist Peter Flamm and Principal Percussion/Assistant Principal Timpanist Riely Francis). The concert was a huge success. Sebastian and the […]
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This weekend the Symphony’s Classics subscription season closes with one of the most monumental symphonies in the repertoire. Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 is about 100 minutes long and features a huge orchestra, a mezzo-soprano soloist, children’s chorus and women’s chorus. In addition, there is a famous offstage solo in the third movement for an instrument […]
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The Symphony’s 74th season runs from October 2013 to June 2014 and will feature 28 Classics concerts, 12 POPS, a special concert celebrating the 75th anniversary of the San Antonio Symphony’s first performance, a Dvořák Festival and a host of education and outreach programs. The 2013-2014 season is Maestro Sebastian Lang-Lessing’s fourth season as music […]
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The final concerts of the Symphony’s 73rd season are this weekend, and they feature one of the grandest works ever written for the orchestra. Mahler said his Symphony No. 3 was inspired by his love of nature and was one great hymn to the glory of every aspect of creation. Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing talks […]
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This Saturday (May 25) the San Antonio Symphony and Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing will be joined onstage by some special musicians in the third annual PRO-AM. The large ensemble will perform selections from The Planets by Gustav Holst at Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium at 3 pm. The concert is FREE. For more information about the PRO-AM […]
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The Opera San Antonio presents its first concert on Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m.. For tickets click here. The following May 13 press release has more details about the Opening Gala Concert of Stars. The San Antonio Symphony and Sebastian Lang-Lessing will be performing with eight opera singers at the Majestic Theatre. (SAN ANTONIO) – […]
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Every year the Symphony partners with various non-profits in our community. The goal is to increase participation and awareness for the fine work of these charities. Symphony patrons often support these groups and also enjoy learning more about their work. In May, the Symphony will partner with Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio Refugee Services. […]
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The penultimate Classics concert of the San Antonio Symphony’s 2012-2013 season includes two masterpieces — a late piano concerto by Mozart and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8. The Soviet government gave it the subtitle of the Stalingrad Symphony. But, that nickname isn’t used today. The Symphony program notes includes this description of the Symphony: Shostakovich’s two […]
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Friday and Saturday are the last concerts in the Symphony POPS season featuring the music of Paul McCartney. Sunday afternoon is a new program called DISCOVER TCHAIKOVSKY. It is a collaboration with the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio. The event is FREE. The following description is from the Symphony website: Sunday, May 12, 2013 at […]
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The San Antonio Symphony has three subscription weekends left in the 2012-2013 season. The Symphony POPS concludes this weekend and there are two more Classics weekends. But, that isn’t the full story. The Symphony has several great non-subscription events coming up worth consideration. That’s a total of 16 concerts in four weeks! The Symphony is […]
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